Get out your six shooters.

It’s time to blow away the year, so here’s my “Most [xxxxxxxxxxx] of 2020” list.

Most dangerous

COVID-19.

Most heart-breaking

The death of over 3 billion animals during the December/January Australian bushfires.

Most vacuous

Donald Trump’s medical advice on ingesting disinfectants as a virus cure.

Most lamentable

Trump/Xi trade war of tariffs and other blunt instruments. 

Most ugly

Race and class wars.

Most destructive

The Trump Administration.

Most wasteful

QE Infinity.

Most hazardous 

Guarantee Infinity. 

Most opaque

Huawei.

Most addictive

Robinhood.

Most ubiquitous

Zoom.

Most tiresome

Zoom.

Most unhelpful

Scomo’s jigsaw puzzles.

Most crazy

Stockpiling of toilet paper.

Most telling

Warren Buffet engaging in two buybacks. 

Most ignored by boomers

Social distancing.

Most ignored by millennials

Boomers.

Most difficult to achieve

Coughing into your inside elbow.

Most tricky

Prince Harry’s resignation from the firm.

Most scandalous

Prince Andrew.

Most unfortunate

Scomo’s mishandling of China relations.

Most egregious use of taxpayer cash

Bell Group litigation which came to an end, I sincerely hope, after nearly 30 years.

Most asleep at the wheel

Daniel Andrews.

Most monotonous

Daniel Andrews daily press conferences.

Most unknown

Zak Kirkup.

Most funky

Jerome Powell removing base level reserve requirements for banks to encourage them to lend to risky businesses, while at the same time paying them interest on those funds.

Most lucky

A tie between Robinhood traders, online retailers and non Brazilian iron ore producers.

Most teamly

Mark McGowan and Roger Cook.

Most vindicated

Bill Gates on his 2015 prediction of the pandemic.

Most dignified

Michelle Obama.

Most authentic politician

Jacinda Adern.

Most inspiring

Greta.

Most endearing

Silly cat videos on YouTube, just like every other year.

Most glorious

Well, this one’s a tie between:

• Clive Palmer losing his bid to pull down the WA border

• Joe Biden defeating Donald Trump 

• Three vaccines.

• The return of Janet Yellen.

Most funny

Same as in the past 23 years, Dennis Denuto and his jammed photocopier.

Most exciting

That’s easy - reuniting with my daughter, now the borders are open.

And, if we all behave like part of a team, we can keep the borders open and 2021 will be a bright year, with a commodity boom on our doorstep. 

Best wishes.

Mike.